• Paid Content, Monday, February 7, 2011 11:46 AM

Despite its marketing might and vast editorial and technological recourses, The Daily is destined to leave many users wanting. Why? Because News Corp.'s new iPad-ready newspaper is "buggy," according to paidContent. As a result, "a lot of that [marketing money] may go to waste and a 'please try again' campaign should be in the works." Right off the bat, paidContent's Staci Kramer ran into problems downloading and installing The Daily at launch.

Then, "Getting the second issue open in about 30 seconds didn't seem too bad but it pushed the patience meter," while "Reopening the app later in the day was a chore." The latest issue, meanwhile, apparently took more than a minute for Kramer to load -- before crashing four times. But tech glitches don't seem to be the digital paper's only problem. When Kramer find got the latest issue up and running, she says she was sorry she'd gone to the effort. "Even if the pix are exclusive, John Hinckley Jr.'s love life? Really?"

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